Author: Political Commissar Studio Xiao Wu
According to overseas network reports, recently, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia announced the establishment of the so-called "trilateral security partnership", of which the United States and Britain will help Australia build at least 8 nuclear-powered submarines. As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar. In response to external doubts, the United States, Britain and Australia argued that the nuclear submarine program does not violate the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the three countries will continue to play "leadership" in the field of nuclear non-proliferation. Australia also said it would acquire nuclear submarine capabilities "responsibly.") In fact, the three countries are just taking advantage of the lack of clear provisions on the transfer of nuclear submarine power reactors in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to make a fuss, and they are doing the "nuclear business" with great fanfare, and they are also brazen to say that they will continue to exert "leadership" in the field of nuclear non-proliferation.
In response to the shameless behavior of the United States, Britain, and Australia, China has expressed its opposition more than once, but the three parties have not stopped their statements on this project, but have ignored the doubts of countries around the world. In such a context, can China export nuclear submarines to counteract? The use of tit-for-tat measures to deal with the nuclear proliferation of the United States, Britain and Australia has forced the United States to abandon this plan. This is worth exploring and studying. After all, the actions of the United States, Britain and Australia are mainly aimed at China. The decision of the United States to sell nuclear submarines to Australia is not only related to underwater warfare, but more importantly, the 8 submarines purchased by the Australian side are commanded by the US military, as an indispensable part of its Pacific Fleet, and the main strategy of the United States is to confront China, so this is just a way for the US military to strengthen the deployment of military forces around China, and it is very necessary for China to counteract.
First of all, the countries that currently have nuclear weapons in the world are the five permanent members of the United Nations. No matter how much the United States whitewashes its current moves, it is difficult to hide the fact that it has actively proliferated nuclear weapons. Russia has leased nuclear submarines to India, which can also be seen as a disguised transfer of nuclear power technology. China and the rights they have are the same, they can do it, and China can do it legally. This is very important, it is not important whether nuclear submarine technology can be exported or not, what is important is that we must have such a right, otherwise the so-called nuclear non-proliferation will become a toy of Western countries.
Second, if China considers relaxing the conditions for the export of nuclear equipment technology, or considers selectively leasing out nuclear submarines, it must form a reciprocal countermeasure against the United States and Australia. Isn't the U.S. exporting nuclear submarine technology to Australia to deal with China? Naturally, China can export or lend nuclear submarines to countries that do not deal with the United States, such as Iran, Venezuela or even North Korea, to form a certain deterrent to the United States. In this way, it will inevitably bring certain pressure to the US-Australia nuclear submarine project, and if the United States does not want to have more opponents in the world who master nuclear submarines, it must consider whether the large order value of Australia's nuclear submarines is not worth it.
Finally, the export and rental of nuclear submarines has huge room for interest. Why is the United States working on this project with Australia? A large part of the reason is because there are huge profits. To this end, even at the expense of making trouble with France, it can be seen how much interest there is. Moreover, when it comes to the export of nuclear technology, there will never be a shortage of markets in the international community, and as long as china releases its voice, there will be no shortage of buyers. China does not lack productive forces in this regard and can fully participate in fair competition in this market. By then, it is likely that it will not be us, but the United States.
The impact of the nuclear submarine deal between the United States, Britain and Australia in the world is extremely bad, like the "Pandora's Box", once opened, it is likely to cause great disasters in the future. After all, once this precedent is set, who can guarantee that the United States will not repeat the same tactics in the future by transferring nuclear submarine technology to its allies of the so-called "Quadripartite Security Dialogue", India and Japan? This deserves our high vigilance. Therefore, China can consider closing this gap so that the international situation we are facing will not be so bad.
From this perspective, China needs to seriously consider counterproductive plans for the export of nuclear-powered submarines. If you want to do it, you must make comprehensive preparations, first of all, we must do a good job of paving the way for public opinion, first release some wind noise, and then find some relevant laws and regulations to support. To a certain extent, this will inevitably give the United States a direct deterrent and make the United States reconsider the consequences of the proliferation of nuclear submarine technology. It is also highly likely to prompt the United States to abandon its nuclear submarine technology export program to Australia.